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Casino shooting critically injures four

BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

A Covington man fired shots into a crowd at a popular nightclub at the Muckleshoot Casino early Sunday morning, seriously injuring two victims and wounding five others, Auburn police reported.

The shooting suspect, a 42-year-old man, was arrested and booked Sunday into the King County Jail for investigation of attempted homicide for shooting his estranged wife, her male dance partner and her sister at Club Galaxy, according to Auburn police. The man’s initial court appearance was Monday.

Police say the shooting, which reportedly occurred around 1:30 a.m., is believed to have stemmed from a domestic violence situation between the suspect and his wife. The suspect entered the club, and after discovering the woman was with another man on the dance floor, shot both of them with a handgun.

“She was in the company of another male. Both were dancing, both were out there on the dance floor,” Auburn police Cmdr. Jamie Sidell told The Associated Press. [ more SHOOTING page 4 ]

Impressions of a first-time legislator

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Linda Butler escorts her 3-year-old toy poodle, Nisi, during the Dog Days of Summer Red Carpet Parade of Market Dogs at the Auburn International Farmers Market. Dog lovers competed for top honors during the sun-splashed Sunday event at the Auburn Sound Transit Plaza. Butler’s pooch won for best dress.

Miles Crawford’s 2-year-old golden retriever, Skywalker, won for best in show, and Egan Leslie and Max, his 2-year-old mastiff/rottweiler mix, won for owner lookalike. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter

Republican Mark Hargrove won the first political office he had ever held last November, wresting his 47th District Legislative seat from Democratic Rep. Geoff Simpson.

Like many a freshman legislator before him, Rep. Hargrove arrived in the center of the state’s political structure in Olympia brimming with big plans for putting things straight.

He wanted education once again to be the priority the Constitution says it should be.

He wanted to redefine the role of government, which he believes has become inefficient, and too intrusive. Government, in Hargrove’s opinion, should be

first and foremost about protecting life and liberty, “and from there pass on to the pursuit of happiness.”

“I ran for this office because I believed our legislature was just a little bit off track in priorities,” Hargrove told the Auburn Rotary Club.

But as St. Augustine wrote long ago, there is “a great difference between viewing the land Rep. Mark Hargrove of peace from a wooded ridge and actually walking the road that leads to it.”

And the truth, said the first-term Republican, is that the political realities in Olympia have left him “not entirely satisfied.” [ more HARGROVE page 4 ]

City breaks ground on Environmental Park

BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Watch the wetlands, let the birds and beasts below bewitch, bother and bewilder you.

And atop a 1,100-foot-long, elevated wooden boardwalk, you can even keep your toes dry.

Sound like a good thing?

City officials think so, which is

why they broke ground Tuesday on the boardwalk in the Auburn Environmental Park at the north end of Western Avenue. Construction starts in August and finishes this fall.

The City is developing the first 120 acres of the Auburn Environmental Park to “provide an open space that will offer opportunities for wetland ecosystem restoration,

fish and wildlife enhancement, water quality improvement, ecosystem-oriented and sustainable economic development, stormwater detention and flood control, public education, and recreation.”

The effort began years ago when the City was struggling with the problem posed by the wetlands [ more PARK page 4 ]

An artist’s conception of the planned boardwalk at the City’s Environmental Park, between West Main and 15th Street NW. COURTESY CITY OF AUBURN

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Auburn’s Mae Yamada honored with plot at Pioneer Cemetery

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Traffic on busy Auburn Way North scattered most of the Reverend Kakei Nakagawa's words to the whipping winds before they could reach the ears of family and friends at Pioneer Cemetery last Thursday morning.

Just the same, the radiance shone through the outward forms of the simple Buddhist ceremony, held to mark the inurnment of Maki and Mae Yamada, brought together again at the end of things.

Friends and family, each in turn, approached the table where the urns stood, bowed, grabbed

a pinch of incense and dropped it into a brazier.

When Mae Iseri Yamada, a member of a pioneering Japanese American family, died on Nov. 17, 2010 at 92, her family asked if the City of Auburn would alMae Yamada low her to rest in the old cemetery, alongside numerous members of the early Japanese-American community.

The family also wanted to bring her husband’s ashes from Evergreen-

Washelli Cemetery in Seattle, where they had been since his death in1984.

The most recent burial at the cemetery had been in 1993.

Doug Yamada said that it had been the family's original hope in 1984 to bring their father's ashes to the Pioneer Cemetery, but the City did not allow burials there at that time.

Yamada said his mother would have been pleased with the choice.

"Before she got ill, she said this where she wanted to be. Both my parents were born and raised in Auburn, so it made sense to bring dad here," said Yamada.

Craig Hudson, cemetery director for the City of Auburn, said the family approached him after Mae passed away, and started talking about getting their dad here from Evergreen Washelli, and the arrangement came together in the last few months.

The only stipulation for being buried or inurned there, Hudson said, is that the person must have been a direct descendant of someone who was already in the cemetery.

There's a cost for the work involved, but the plot itself is free, Hudson said.

"This is where they wanted to be, and where the family wanted them together," said Hudson.

Reverend Kakei Nakagawa and a mourner pay their respects to Mae and Maki Yamada at Pioneer Cemetery. Robert Whale, Reporter

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Local students get a taste of nursing at MultiCare camp

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Emily Hamm is all too familiar with doctors and nurses closely managing her condition.

And because of that good working relationship, Hamm is doing quite well as a healthy teen and compliant diabetic. It also has spurred her desire to return the favor and ultimately enter the health care field.

“I’ve met amazing nurses and doctors throughout my medical experience,” said Hamm, an ambitious and bright senior-to-be at Auburn High School. “I

just really want to pay it forward and pay it back.”

Hamm joined other high school students to learn more about the growing and diversified profession at the MultiCare Health System’s eighth annual Nurse Camp in Tacoma.

Nearly 100 students from 43 South Sound schools, including Auburn, participated in the camp, which provided hands-on exercises and close looks at many careers in specialized nursing.

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between 15th Street Northwest and West Main Street, which the Washington State Department of Transportation left behind after the construction of State Route 167 in 1970. Instead of fixing the problem, at a cost of about $30 million, the City decided to develop it as a park and into an attraction, capable of drawing in green businesses to its periphery, according to Mayor Pete Lewis.

The City will develop the park in two phases, comprised of about 120 acres each, extending west of Western Avenue to the West Hill.

The City recently approved an agreement between itself and the builder, the Washington State Department of Ecology Washington Conservation Corps, with its workforce of young people. The cost of construction cannot top $45,000.

Funding comes in part from a Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program Urban Wildlife grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. According to Elliot Marks, a consultant for the WSRCO, the park is one of more than 1,000 projects the organization has funded throughout the state since 1990.

“They turned something that looked like lemons into lemonade,” Marks said of the City of Auburn.

Plans call for the boardwalk to run along most of the 1,200-foot-long pedestrian trail connecting West Main Street to the

bird and wildlife viewing tower on Western Avenue.

It will be a six-foot wide, wooden structure atop pin pile foundations. Plans show curbing on both sides and guard rails in places where it rises more than 30 inches above the ground, or where there are areas of seasonal standing water.

This fall, volunteers will plant 2,500 native trees and shrubs in seven planting zones covering 93,000 square feet, along parts of the park bordering the east side of State Route 167 and the north edge of West Main Street.

The state legislature set up the Washington Conservation Corps in 1983 to conserve, rehabilitate and enhance the state’s natural and environmental resources, while providing educational opportunities and meaningful work experiences for young adults between 18 and 25 years of age. It has worked with local, state and federal agencies to finish numerous restoration, recreation, and stewardship projects across the state, among them elevated wooden bridges and boardwalks.

Sponsor organizations, state money and an AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service fund the WCC, which has 180 members working throughout the state all year.

Debbie Luce, director of the Auburn Tourism Board, thanked the City for “making it easier to promote Auburn” as a destination.

Sha Dog leads the way in the children’s lantern parade at Auburn’s Bon Odori Festival. Presented by the Auburn honors Shi White River Buddhist Temple, the festival celebrates the mid-summer holiday of Obon, a time for Buddhists to Obon holiday honor their ancestors and Japanese heritage. Rachel Ciampi, Reporter

[hargrove from page 1] having one more member Hargrove, a member of the Transportation, Education andEducation Appropriations Oversight committees, chafed at being in the minority party in a system where the majority appoints the committee chairmen, and the chairmen decide what bills get a hearing and therefore a vote.

“I just don’t think that the founders of the state and this nation really envisioned that the party

“He went up there with a purpose, so we have to assume at this point he was looking for the female victim in this case.”

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resulted in five additional people sustaining gunshot wounds. As the suspect started to flee the club, a casino security officer tackled the suspect to the floor where he was detained. An off-duty Auburn police of-

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in the legislature should determine every bill that gets a hearing and gets voted on,” Hargrove said.

What if instead, bills submitted by a certain deadline were to be guaranteed a hearing, “not necessarily a vote, but a hearing. That would be a step in the right direction,” Hargrove said.

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But the political process itself encouraged the opposite, shuffling lawmakers off into separate, closed-door caucus meetings.

Would he support changes to the system he champions if his party were in the majority?

“I recognize that the majority party is less likely to change because they are getting everything done that they want, so why mess with that,” Hargrove said. “I’m hoping that we could see the benefits of an

open, transparent process, that people would look more favorably on the legislature, and that it would just be better for the state.

“But I recognize that if the majority changes, there would be folks in my own party that would be resistant to that, too. They would be like, ‘All right, we finally got it, let’s do all we want and keep all the power.’ I’m hoping to make some changes while we’re in the minority, recognizing that it will be very difficult to make them all.”

ficer working at the casino, arrested the man.

The handgun also was recovered, police said.

Authorities said four victims – including the woman and the man she was dancing with – were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Two were listed in serious condition, the other two in satisfactory condition.

Three additional victims were transported to and treated at Valley Medical Center, and later released.

Two people received minor injuries when they were trying to flee the scene with the rest of the crowd, police said.

Police noted that casino security doesn’t search patrons entering the casino and doesn’t use metal

detectors.

But what about the security measures the Casino does employ? Was there a breakdown? Tribal Spokesperson Rollin Fatland deferred the question to the investigating agency. “… The casino’s got a robust security system in place. There’s a security person at every entrance, and they do a visual screening of patrons as they come in. If anything suggests something more needs to be done, it is done,” Fatland said.

“This is an Auburn Police investigation. Because the Auburn police are investigating, we will defer to them until they get through the initial phase of the investigation,” Fatland said.

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between July 19 and July 26:

July 19 Theft from motor vehicle: 6:28 a.m., 3702 C St. N.E. Vandals attacked two vehicles, stealing undisclosed property from one while those vehicles were parked during the wee hours at FedEx Ground Distribution.

Purse theft: 10:51 a.m., 1269 Supermall Way S.W. A 16-17-yearold boy, with short brown hair, of

slender build, wearing a grey t-shirt, red-gray plaid pajama pants and a red hat, swiped a woman’s purse near Vision Quest at the Auburn Supermall. An off-duty Tukwila PD officer chased the kid and recovered the purse, but not so the thief.

Shoplifting: 4:09 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Cheese, a pack of sausages and a beer had been the intended consumables on a shoplifter’s menu, but store security caught the man and police arrested him.

Shoplifting: 6:50 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way S.W. A male tried to steal a shirt from Zumiez but got himself arrested.

Street robbery with firearm: 8:55 p.m., 20 block of E Street Northeast. A male told police that another male had robbed him of something

July 19

This week’s…

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 165 calls for service between July 18 and July 24, among them the following:

July 18 Aid call: 4:57 p.m., (Lea Hill).

After firefighters examined and treated a woman for a leg wound sustained during an unfortunate encounter with an aggressive raccoon. A private vehicle transported her in stable condition to an urgent care facility for further evaluation.

CPR: 2:52 p.m., (Auburn).

Valley Com dispatched firefighters to the Boeing facility where a man undergoing CPR was waiting. The Boeing Fire Department,firefighters, and King County Medics treated the man, stabilized him at the scene and King County Medics transported him with a heartbeat to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

July 20 Aid call: 10:49 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Valley Com dispatched firefighters to an elderly woman showing stroke-like symptoms.

Firefighters examined the woman, administered oxygen and

at gunpoint near the Auburn Airport, but before police could get there, the bad guy was gone.

bracelet from Spencer’s Gifts at the Supermall. Police did not disclose a value for the missing merchandise.

Obstructing justice: 11:10 p.m., 3700 block of D Street Southeast.

Police arrested a kid after he fled from officers as they were investigating an assault in progress.

Shoplifting: 7:58 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a woman for shoplifting $43.85 worth of undisclosed merchandise at Top Food & Drug.

July 20

July 21

Theft: 8:27 a.m., 1701 Auburn Way S. Somebody swiped eight propane tanks from the Walgreens on Auburn Way South. Police did not disclose a value for the missing propane.

Disorderly conduct: 6:27 p.m., Auburn Way S. Police arrested a drunken man for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after he tried to confront several women and get into their vehicles without their say so.

Burglary: Overnight, 1936 F St. S.E. Someone forced open a shed at the Sundancer Apartments and stole 5 and 1 gallon gas cans.

Shoplifting: 7:10 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way S.W. A boy stole a prepared her for transportation to a local hospital via private ambulance

July 21 Aid call: 2:35 p.m., (Pacific).

Firefighters helped an elderly man who had fallen out of a seat on a Metro bus. The man sufered no injuries, so firefighters left him to continue his journey.

July 22 Aid call: 9:19 a.m., (Auburn).

Valley Com dispatched firefighters per police request to check out a teenager who had consumed “spice” or synthetic marijuana. Firefighters examined the kid and determined that he

Auburn’s National Night out set for Aug. 2 The 28th snnual National Night Out (NNO), a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), is Tuesday, Aug. 2. All neighborhoods are encouraged to be a part of Auburn’s Night Out 2011 team.

Residents in neighborhoods throughout the city of Auburn and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on the outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police on Aug. 2.

Along with the traditional outside lights and front porch vigils, most cities and towns celebrate National Night

Out with a variety of special citywide and neighborhood events such as block parties, cookouts, parades, festivals, visits from local officials and law enforcement, safety fairs and youth events.

To register your neighborhood or to inquire about further details, contact Duanna Richards at 253-931-3099 or drichards@auburnwa.gov.

If desired, a City representative can make an appearance at your event to talk to attendees about fighting crime in their area. Online registration is available at www.auburnwa.gov.

To register your event visit the city’s Web site at www. auburnwa.gov.

About Night Out

Night out

National Night Out is designed to sharpen crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and policecommunity partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer nation. NNO 2010 involved over 37 million people in 15,110 communities from all 50 states.

For more information, visit www. nationalnightout.org.

July 22 Vehicular assault: 3:37 p.m., 31000 block of 104th Avenue Southeast. A woman driving under the influence of some intoxicant or she needed further evaluation and treatment. A private ambulance whisked the kid off to a local hospital.

July 23 Aid call: 5:54 p.m., (Algona).

Firefighters responded to a young woman with a rapid heart rate. Firefighters and King County Paramedics evaluated and stabilized the young woman and King County Medics transported her to ARMC.

July 24 Aid call: 9:30 a.m., (Auburn).

Firefighters and paramedics helped an unresponsive male and firefighters transported him to ARMC.

woman returned from vacation and discovered that her house sitter had thrown numerous parties and that numerous personal items were not to be found.

lost control of her vehicle, rolled it and slammed into an embankment, breaking her passenger’s back and severely lacerating that person’s arm. Police arrested the woman for vehicular assault and driving under the influence.

Shoplifting: 4:15 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way S.W. A boy stole a hat from Zumiez, but the store manager apprehended him and insisted on filing charges.

July 23

Shoplifting: 4:57 p.m., 1057 Supermall Way S.W. Marshall’s security sees this female stuff clothing into a bag, sees said female leave store with bag without paying, arrests thieving female.

July 26 Robbery at Starbucks: 8:04 p.m., 1420 Harvey Road N.E. Two women were sitting at a table outside the Harvey Road Starbucks when a man approached and snatched their purses off the table. One of the women tried to hold her purse, but the robber tore it from her hand, ripping off her finger nail.

Shoplifting: 8:36 p.m., 1406 Lake Tapps Parkway S.E. Police arrested a girl for shoplifting $71.44 worth of miscellaneous products from a grocery store and released her to her mother.

Theft: 11:59 p.m., 32700 block of 110th Avenue Southeast. A

Council debates $20 car tab fees People packed the King County Council meeting Monday to speak, mostly in favor, of a $20 car-tab fee to help avoid cuts to Metro Transit.

The council is debating whether to enact the fee and, if so, putting it into effect now or putting in on the November ballot.

After hours of testimony, the council postponed any decision until Aug. 15.

Residents carried “Save My Bus” signs and the testimonies lasted nearly two hours. Those with sight

and hearing disabilities told council members that cuts in transit service would force them to walk – driving vehicles is not an option – risking injury in the process.

Metro, facing a $60 million deficit, has said it would have to cut service by 17 percent to close the gap. A $20 car-tab fee would make up $50 million of the loss.

“Clearly the hundreds who turned out to speak with one voice for a rescue of Metro bus service made a difference,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said, “and we thank them for their passion and commitment.”

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Sunshine is a key component of milfoil’s rapid growth. Cascade Water Alliance is continuing its milfoil assessment this summer and will begin appropriate treatment as early as mid-August.

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City should rethink cemetery event In regard to the upcoming event “Dead” (at the White River Valley Museum) and the plan to have a “LanternLight Tour” at Mountain View Cemetery in Auburn on Oct. 14, 2011.

This has got to be the stupidest, dumbest thing I have seen planned in Auburn in my 64 years of living here, not counting closing Auburn High School for snow, when there was no snow. I’m sure that I’m not alone in saying this event should not be held at the cemetery. The good people of Auburn own property and have loved ones buried at the cemetery, and the head of Mountain View Cemetery should reconsider his thinking on this very hurtful, disrespect-

ceeding with such an offensive way to offend and upset the people of Auburn. I, for one, do not want a bunch of people stomping around the resting place of my loved ones buried at Mountain View Cemetery.

– Ron Holz

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Slow down, watch for children

ful event. Auburn has many other parks, empty houses and bare land that would be a better place to have their “not for the faint of heart fun night.” Not on sacred grounds where our loved ones rest in peace. I would highly suggest that Louise Hull from GRCC, Mountain View Cemetery and the City of Auburn think about what they are doing before pro-

Seems like perhaps summer has actually arrived. Warm weather and school bring lots of kids out and about.

I live in a neighborhood where we are fortunate to have three, count them three, parks our kids can walk to. But every time we head out to walk to a park, I see cars going way too fast. Please folks, slow down.

The speed limit is 25 miles an hour, unless otherwise there [ more LETTERS page 8 ]

Auburn inventors and researchers: SBA wants to help you Could yours be the perfect invention to aid U.S. combat soldiers in Afghanistan? Have you created a vaccine that could possibly rid the world of one of its deadly diseases?

Do you think that you could possibly be the next Bill Gates?

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Try driving a heavy semi-truck along busy Interstate 5 to deliver cargo daily on a tight schedule.

It is a tough, challenging job, but one Auburn man embraces it.

“It’s something not everyone can do, and it can be overwhelming at times,” said Scott Hendrickson, a professional driver, who has logged more than 38,000 miles in five years with Con-way Freight, based out of its Tacoma service center. “I understand that I work for a company, but I like being my own boss on the road for seven hours (each day). … It’s just me, my truck and the road.

I enjoy that freedom.

“It’s definitely challenging, and I guess that’s why I do it.”

Hendrickson’s skills behind the wheel are exceptional. The has a clean, accident-free record. He also is one of the state’s best when it comes to competing against the clock on a closed course.

Hendrickson, 30, recently captured first place in the 18-wheel, 5-Axle Flatbed Division at the Washington Truck Driving Championships in Kent. He is one of three drivers from his company and one of nine pilots from the state competing at the National Truck Driving Championships in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 11-13.

Conquering the Kent course was Hendrickson’s biggest win in three years of competition. He looks to finish well against hundreds of other drivers at Florida.

“The first time I competed (at nationals) two years ago, I didn’t know what to expect.

I didn’t do all that well,” Hendrickson said.

“But I’m more prepared this time around. … I’ve found it to be easier this year, and that might be attributed to the fact I’m more geared up for it. Maybe I’m more mature and relaxed.”

The three-part national competition requires drivers to complete a multiple-choice

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”I’m hoping that we could see the benefits of an open, transparent process, that people would look more favorably on the legislature, and that it would just be better for the state.” – Rep. Mark Hargrove

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Research (SBIR) program, which targets the emerging entrepreneurial sector because that is where innovation and innovators thrive.

The risk and expense of conducting serious research and development efforts, however, are often beyond the means of many small businesses. By reserving a specific portion of all federal Research & Development funds for small businesses, SBIR supports the small

businesses and enables them to compete on a level playing field with larger businesses. SBIR funds the critical startup and development stages and it encourages the commercialization of the technology, product, or service, which, in turn, stimulates the U.S. economy.

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Theater Simple brings ‘Wonderland’ to ArtRageous at Les Gove Park, Aug. 6

BY SHAWN SKAGER

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ArtRageous, Auburn’s annual celebration of the arts, takes over Les Gove park Saturday, Aug. 6 for a day of interactive fun.

Somewhere amid all the hands-on art, musical numbers and theatre will be Seattle’s Theater Simple, with an interactive performance of “Wonderland,” based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice In Wonderland.”

Since 1991, Llysa Holland and Theater Simple co-founder Andrew Litzky have produced their shows throughout the U.S. and Canada.

At first, Holland said, the troupe focused on presenting its art in theater settings. Chafing at the confines of indoor venues, however, the group moved into outdoor interactive productions that break down the so-called “fourth wall” separating performers from their audience.

“This really grew out of trying to figure out how to take advantage of settings,

like a park,” she said.

“Wonderland” is the group’s fourth and latest site-specific, interactive performance.

“The (“Alice in Wonderland”) stories are about changing perspectives,” Holland said, comparing the audience’s journey to that of the main character of the Carroll novel, Alice.

“Just like she changed, part of our fun is as you go around with the performance, no matter how old you are, you end up a different person at the end,” she said.

Holland said the performance presents several chances for audiences to join in, with musical numbers, quizzes, a game of tic-tac-toe with the White Queen, even a rousing game of croquet with the Red Queen and her court.

“There is a variety of levels you can participate at,” she said. “Passive audiences can just let the show wash over them. Or you can be a hedgehog or a wicket in the croquet game. You can sing along

if you want. The idea is to break the concept of performers and audience.

We’re all creating this together.”

In addition, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Griffin, the Mock Turtle, even a remotecontrolled house, will drop in. And by solving riddles scattered throughout the park, participants in the Riddle Course can get their “Wonderland” passports stamped.

The event debuted last month at the Ballard Locks.

“It’s been really fantastic,” Holland said of the response. “Our first weekend, which was sunny, we had over 300 people playing with us in the rain.”

Theater Simple’s performance of “Wonderland” kicks off at 2:30 p.m.

For more information on the performance, visit www.theatersimple.org.

For more information on ArtRageous, visit http:// www.auburnwa.gov/community/arts_entertainment/artrageous.asp.

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“The Jungle Book” cast on stage at that Auburn Avenue Theater. The Auburn Avenue Kid’s production played at the iconic Auburn theater this past weekend. The show was a part of the Auburn Ave Kids Theater Camp, which performs twice a year. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

[ KLAAS from page 7] exam that tests their common knowledge of the trucking industry.

Drivers and their trucks are then judged on a pretrip inspection for any possible defects or safety concerns.

Finally, drivers are put on a U-shaped obstacle course, mined with six problem areas. Those situations include maneuvering the truck around a corner lined with cones, or stopping near a designated line. Those drivers who drive close to the line without encroaching

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it and steer around the obstacles without hitting a cone are rewarded.

Drivers must complete the course in 10 minutes.

“If I do everything the same way I did at the state compeHendrickson tition, I should be fine,” Hendrickson said. “I’m hoping to have a good day. I’m going to soak it all in and enjoy it.”

For Hendrickson, the

trip is a paid vacation, with the company picking up the expenses. It is a reward for a driver who understands his role and responsibilities on the road.

The man knows how to move swiftly and cleanly behind the big wheel.

“I worked in retail, but was bored,” said Hendrickson, who grew up in the Bellingham area before finding a home in Auburn 5½ years ago.

He and his wife are raising a son. “I wanted to do something different, something not everyone can do.”

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led to the present state of the country. The Republican-controlled Congress has been concentrating on ways to topple the presidency rather than working to do what is best for the country.

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Should anyone be surprised that the latest economic news, particularly regarding employment and housing, is not that good?

The truth is that far too many bad decisions have been made over the past few decades, which have

small business’ qualification, degree of innovation, technical merit, and future market potential.

Small businesses that receive awards or grants then begin a three-phase program.

The U.S. Small Business Administration plays an important role as the coordinating agency for the SBIR program. It directs the eleven agencies’ implementation of SBIR, reviews their progress, and reports annually to Congress on its operation.

The SBA collects solicitation information from participating agencies and publishes it quarterly in a Pre-Solicitation Announcement.

The SBIR program is a highly competitive award program that encourages

small businesses to explore their technological potential and helps them profit from their inventions.

The program has helped thousands of small businesses compete for federal research and development awards. Their contributions have enhanced the nation’s defense, protected our environment, advanced health care, and improved our ability to manage information and manipulate data.

To learn more about the SBIR and how your small business might be able to participate, visit www.sba. gov/sbir.

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Father-son dentists Ryan and Kim Anardi open shop in Auburn graduating from Auburn High School, he pursued a career in business at Central Washington University. He worked in the ITT world, including a stint with company giant Qwest.

“But I decided it wasn’t for me,” Ryan said of his tech-to-teeth transition. “I wanted out of that mode. … I wanted to work and interact with people.”

He also had frequent conversations with his 58-year-old father, a successful dentist who warmed his son to the idea of one day taking over his general practice.

Ryan took the educational and training detour, got re-acquainted with the health and sciences, and in May, at the age of 33, graduated from dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The young dentist is happy, having exchanged bytes for bites.

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Treating people, not technology, ultimately persuaded Ryan Anardi to have a change of heart.

And a promising career start with his mentor and father.

The father-son team, which has been in practice for a few weeks, represents a new and welcome opportunity to learn and grow together as dentists.

A generation apart, they share the same office.

“It’s a dream come true,” Dr. Kim Anardi said of welcoming his son to his practice, which has been a part of the Auburn dental community for more than 25 years. “He’s worked hard for it. I’m just excited to have him here working with me.”

At first, Ryan wasn’t about to follow in his father’s footsteps. After

“It’s been good,” Ryan said of joining his dad. “I wanted to work with people, have flexible hours and have the time to spend with my family. Balancing things is important to me.”

Although apart in years and different in personality, father and son complement each other. They promise to grow in a profession that continues to evolve in technology and treatment.

“He’s more Type A, I am more Type B,” Ryan said. “He’s the one teaching me. Hopefully, he can learn from me.

“He’s excited to have me here,” he said. “He’s going to teach me 25 years of dentistry in five years … and that’s fantastic.”

To reach the Anardi office, 1320 8th St. NE, Suite 101, please call 253-833-1070.

Doctors Ryan and Kim Anardi will treat patients at their Auburn office. MARK KLAAS, Reporter

Sound Mental Health takes over operation of domestic violence program Sound Mental Health, one of the state’s most comprehensive behavioral health services providers, with a center and counseling services in Auburn, recently announced that it has assumed management and operation of the Safe

Havens Visitation Center.

Safe Havens is a federal pilot program for secure visitation that has served more than 350 families impacted by domestic violence.

Launched by the city of Kent in 2005, the facility

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Recognizing the unique opportunity to strengthen its preventive specialized care to better meet the needs of children affected by domestic violence, Sound Mental Health believed it was a logical move.

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According to Safe & Sound Visitation director Tracee Parker, a lack of domestic violence visitation standards in the state leaves survivors of domestic violence – overwhelmingly women and children – at significant risk of continued abuse, injury, or even death.

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The experience was powerful and real, providing teens with a vivid picture of what is required to enter a health career.

“We have several objectives, and one of them is that they do understand what they need to do to prepare for nursing and other health professions as well,” said Lieisl Santkuyl, community outreach liaison and Nurse Camp coordinator for the MultiCare Health System. “We want to inspire kids, but we are also inspired by them as a staff. We see that youthful enthusiasm and idealism, and it reminds us of why we went (into the health care profession).

“We want them to be excited so that when they look down the road … they are really motivated to continue and remember, ‘This is my goal and this is what I look like. I know I can get there.’”

Nursing programs are intensely competitive, and so were the qualifications to make the camp, which attracted more than 300 applicants, according to Penny Larkins, a volunteer coordinator for Good Samaritan Hospital.

“The strength of the applicants is incredible,” Larkins said. “These kids are amazing.”

According to industry leaders, the health care profession is projecting a nursing shortage in the years ahead.

Margarita Bolshakova wants to help. The recent Auburn Mountainview

High graduate is pursuing her associate degree in nursing and plans to apply to an RN program. One day she hopes to work in pediatrics.

“I’ve always wanted to help people and work with children,” Bolshakova said during a break at camp.

The nurse camp provides a preview, reinforcing college and training course requirements and the commitment necessary to succeed. It also stresses team-building work.

“I learned that being a nurse is not an easy job,” said Leonna Olmo, a senior-to-be at Auburn High. “I also learned that I’m going to be a pretty good nurse, probably.”

Olmo, whose grandmother and aunt are nurses, wants to work in the emergency room one day.

“I like how fast paced it is,” she said.

Students removed candy from a mannequin with surgical tools and discovered how to suture. They observed simulated and live surgery on closed-circuit TV, learned CPR, reviewed first-aid skills and acquired other health care assessment skills.

In addition, students were trained to be advocates for important issues affecting the health care industry.

“They were treated like professionals so they could feel like professionals,” Santkuyl said. “They visualized themselves in that role, and that’s a powerful motivator.”

For many students, it was a memorable and engaging experience.

“I learned what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” Hamm said, “and how to get there.”

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Mckeever fires hole-in-one Chris McKeever shot a hole-in-one on Monday at the Auburn Golf Course. McKeever, of Auburn, used a 6-iron on the 159-yard 14th hole. It was his first career ace.

Colts fall to Bears 28-7 The South King County Colts suffered a 28-7 season ending loss at the hands of the Kitsap Bears this past Saturday in the Pacific Football League semi-finals. The Colts finished their season with an 8-4 record.

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Gervais takes over Lions football program

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An oversized 6-sided die, made of red and yellow foam, rests on the table before Jared Gervais, Auburn Mountainview’s new head football coach.

On a white board hung on a nearby wall, the coach has written in blood red marker six consequences for breaking the rules, each involving some kind of extra running or drills.

“I’ve kind of discovered I’m a lot stricter than I thought I would be,” said Gervais, 26. “It started in spring. We’d start practice at 3:05. If you’re not here at 3:05, you roll the dice.

Unless you bring a note from a teacher, there are no exceptions, sorry, too bad, you’re late.”

Although Gervais is preparing for his first ever season as a high school football head coach, he’s already learned one of the profession’s most important lessons.

“One thing I’ve learned about high school kids is that they’re pretty aware of when you’re consistent and when you’re not,” he said.

“When you have a consistent rule base, they’re pretty good about following it.

But they know when things aren’t fair.”

This season Gervais – who will also teach science at the school – takes over the Lions’ varsity squad,

looking to lead the boys to their first playoff appearance in school history.

And although Gervais, a 2008 UW graduate and a 2004 graduate of Puyallup High School – where he was a starting varsity quarterback – is new to

head coaching, he brings a wealth of coaching experience and a notable coaching lineage to the job.

His uncle is Skyline and Eatonville head coaching legend Steve Gervais, who has led teams to six state high school championships

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Noosa Beach sets Emerald Downs record with 11th stake win in Mt. Rainier Handicap Noosa Beach etched his name into the record books Sunday at Emerald Downs with a hardearned half-length victory over Winning Machine in the $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap.

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in his career, amassing a 244-83 win-loss record in more than 30 years of coaching. In addition, Gervais’ father, Chris Gervais, is a longtime junior high coach, including a stint at Sequoia Junior High in Kent.

“I’ve seen a lot of coaching at different levels in my day and I think that has prepared me,” Gervais said.

After his playing career at Puyallup, Gervais attended the UW, where he earned a degree in microbiology.

He had hoped to attend medical school and become a doctor.

“Then my uncle got the UW running back’s job, and I got a call from him,” he said.

The Huskies hired Gervais as a student assistant coach. He interned with the defense.

“I got to go up there and work with the team for a year, and I fell back in love with coaching and decided this is really what I wanted to do with my life,” Gervais said.

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Gallyn Mitchell had riding honors for trainer Doris Harwood and owner Jeff Harwood of Kent.

With the victory, Noosa Beach moved past Handy N Bold into sole possession of first place all-time in Emerald Downs’ stakes wins with 11. The defending Horse of the Meeting also joined FlamethrowNoosa Beach, ridden by Gallyn Mitchell, wins the $50,000 Mt. Rainier intexan and Poker Brad as Handicap at Emerald Downs. Erin Palmer/Emerald Downs repeat winners of the Mt. Sunday, Aug. 21.

Rainier, stamping himself to beat in the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) on Noosa Beach has won squarely as the horse 10 of his last 11 starts, and the defending Longacres Mile champion is undefeated in four career starts at one mile. Noosa Beach has a lifetime mark of 14-3-2 in 20 starts with earnings of $480,722. At Emerald Downs his record is 13-3-1 in 18 starts with $421,555 in earnings “There was a lot of pressure to win today, especially since we were spotting the field nine pounds,” Mitchell said.

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Some say that you have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to cut health care taxes while improving quality.

Rocket scientist Jim Grossnickle is stepping up to that task and running to be the next hospital commissioner for King County Public Hospital District No. 1 (Valley Medical Center).

Grossnickle, eye surgeon and businessman Paul Joos and Renton School District Superintendent Mary Alice Heuschel will vie in the Aug. 16 primary election.

“Out of control health care costs are hurting every family,” Grossnickle said.

“With Valley’s affiliation with University of Washington, we have a chance to improve local services while controlling Valley’s high administrative costs.

To do that you need to elect a strong, independent reformer as your next commissioner. I am that candidate. I’m independent of the Valley political establishment and have no financial ties to Valley. I will be independent in all of my decisions – my primary allegiance will be to

you – the hospital district’s taxpayers and patients.”

Grossnickle pledges to put patient and taxpayer’s interests first.

“Many of you saw the recent KING 5 investigative report on large salaries paid to Valley’s Administrators. Those must be brought under control,” Grossnickle said. “Valley should be famous Jim Grossnickle for its outstanding health care and not for its administrators being the highest paid public employees in Washington. I’ll bring fiscal responsibility to the commission, and I will always remember it is your hard-earned tax dollars that are being spent.

“Most people don’t realize it, but if you live in Valley’s taxing district the property tax you pay” to Valley Medical Center is about the same as you pay to the Port of Seattle, Emergency Medical Services, Flood Control and

Ferry Districts combined,” he said. “I know my neighbors are concerned about that return on their taxes, and we need to start electing people who will think for themselves. The era of decisions being made behind closed doors, by insiders and for insiders needs to stop with this election.”

With a PhD in plasma physics from the University of Washington, Grossnickle now works as an engineer at Boeing.

Grossnickle, his wife, and three children are engaged in the community. He is a PTSA volunteer at Hazelwood Elementary and Renton PTSA Council, coaches Newcastle Baseball Club youth teams and is on the Renton School District Budget Committee.

VMC is a public hospital district that includes about 450,000 people including all or most of Renton, Kent and Covington. It also includes portions of Bellevue, Newcastle, Tukwila, Auburn, Black Diamond, Maple Valley and Seatac.

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I just feel like it’s a really good atmosphere. They’re definitely ready to support good football. And I really like the kids here. They’re a good group and they have a lot of energy.”

With official turnout day just around the corner for football – Aug. 17 is the first day of practice – Gervais looks to inspire the Lions, who finished 4-6 last season, to finally turn the corner.

“I think this year they’re looking good so far,” Gervais said. “We’ve done a couple of passing leagues and I’m pretty happy with them. Their attitude is positive. They’ve been receptive to myself and the coaching situation. They want some stability. They just wanted to know what was happening, and once they made the announcement I was coaching, they responded well to that. I think they’re better than they think they are. I think they just want stability and a plan. We’re definitely there with a plan now.”

Although Gervais has lost the services of formerUW player Darin Harris, who left to work with the Seahawks, he will look to assistants B.J. Tucker, Kevin Ishimoto, John Tomasi and Brian Grout to help him this season.

In addition to his head coaching duties, Gervais will run the offense for Auburn Mountainview.

“We’re gonna run the spread, throw the ball around and play fast,” Gervais said. “That is our goal this year, play fast.

They know what to do and they’ve looked great. I’m pretty flexible with everything, which I tell everybody is one of my strengths.

I’m not stuck in any of my ways. The only thing that I’m stubborn about right now is the offense. My family runs the spread, that’s all we know. And that helps that they know we’re running four wides (receivers), and that’s what is going to happen.”

Gervais continued: “Our goals this year are to compete in the league and get to the playoffs,” he said. “I think we have a good chance at doing that.

It’s not something that’s going to happen in a day up here. And we have to accept that. I think there are some good things that were done here in the past, and it’s just building on them and starting some new traditions.”

The Lions open their 2011 season with a nonleague game against Sumner at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Sunset Chev Stadium.

moved on to an assistant job at Orting High School.

In 2010, however, when former-coach Craig Spence was named Auburn Mountainview’s new head coach, Gervais got a call.

“He knew me up at the UW,” Gervais said. “So I mostly just worked with receivers during varsity games. I really got to know the kids.”

This past spring, with Spence’s return in question, Gervais took over the team’s spring camp.

“I just got thrown into the fire,” he said. “And I got everything organized with gear, figured out how to make practice plans and got familiar with the offense. So that really forced me to get organized quick.”

This summer, when Spence resigned, Gervais got the call to take over the reigns of the Lions. For him, it’s a dream job.

“I keep telling them they’re stuck with me for awhile, I’m not planning on going anywhere,” Gervais said. “I really like the school, that’s what drew me up here. The administration has been super supportive of me. And I got to know the other teachers when I student taught up here, and

Environmental Park tower to close temporarily The City of Auburn’s bird and wildlife observation tower located in the Auburn Environmental Park, 413 Western Ave. NW, will be temporarily closed from July 25-Sept.

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The closure is necessary to allow construction of the wetlands trail boardwalk project, which will begin on Aug. 1.

Funding for the Auburn Environmental Park wetlands boardwalk project and a habitat enhancement native planting project scheduled for fall 2011 has been provided in part by a Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program Urban Wildlife Habitat grant awarded to the City of Auburn by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board.

For further information about the observation tower temporary closure or the wetlands boardwalk project, contact Environmental Planner Jamie Kelly at 253-804-5092.

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Battle of the Bowl V: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., July 30, Brannan Park, 611 28th St. NE, Auburn. Skateboard competition for beginner, intermediate and advance divisions. 9 a.m. registration; 11 a.m. warm-up; noon competition. Bring your own skateboard.

Helmets required. Fee: $5 preregistration; $10 on-site registration; $5 helmets.

Information: 253-931-3043 or www. auburnwa.gov.

65th Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., July 30, 31, Enumclaw Expo Center (formerly the King County Fairgrounds), 45224 284th Ave. SE, Enumclaw. General admission: $15 adults; $11 seniors (60 and older), active, retired, veteran military; children 5-17; children under 5 free. Two-day passes: $22 adults; $16 seniors (60 and older), active, retired, veteran military; children 5-17. Parking: $5 per day. Information: 206-522-2541 or www.sshga.org.

Auburn’s National Night Out: Aug. 2, throughout Auburn. Unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. Residents in neighborhoods throughout the city of Auburn and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on the outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police on Aug. 2. To register your neighborhood or to inquire about further details, contact Duanna Richards at 253-931-3099 or drichards@auburnwa. gov. If desired, a City representative can make an appearance at your event to talk to attendees about fighting crime in their area. To register your event, visit www. auburnwa.gov.

Chinook District of Garden Clubs board meeting: 10 a.m., Aug. 3, Grace Lutheran Church, 22975-24th Ave S., Des Moines. The meeting represents South King County”s 13 garden clubs. To learn more about garden clubs in your area, call 206-242-9074.

24th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals: Aug. 5-7, Pacific Raceways, 31001 144th Ave. SE, Kent. Pro and sportsman class racing on the quarter-mile strip. Info: www. pacificraceways.com. Tickets: www.

NHRATix.com; 800-884-NHRA (6472); 253-639-5927.

“Hats and Heels, A Shopping Event and Night at the Races”: 5 p.m., Aug. 12, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive, Auburn. Shopping begins at 5 p.m., first race at 6. Shop, bet and celebrate fashion at the races. Access to the shopping event is free with gate admission, and ladies are encouraged to dress in their finest, fashionable racing attire. VIP tickets: $30 and must be purchased in advance.

A portion of each ticket sale will benefit the Children’s Therapy Center. To purchase tickets, please call 253-288-7704 or order online at www.emeralddownshatsandheels.com/. Tickets also can be purchased in-person at the track.

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Auburn Good Ol’ Days: Aug. 12-14, Downtown Auburn parade, live entertainment, street dance, car show, food, art show, crafts, activities, fun run. Information: 253-939-3389 or www.auburngoodoldays. com.

Poets on Parade and other Literary Adventures: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Aug. 14, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave..

Part of Auburn Good Ol’ Days, hosted by Auburn’s own Striped Water Poets. From Kingston through Tacoma, poets, authors and small press publishers will flock to the theater to take part in the literary event.

Open mic poetry contest from 3-5 p.m., Cash prizes. Auburn participants include: Robert Blevins (Adventure Books); Marjorie Rommel (reporter, teacher, poet); Laurie Kizziah (teacher); Mark Ricca (author); Len Elliott (the crossword puzzle guy); Gerald A. McBreen (coordinator, Striped Water Poets).

Mary Olson Farm summer drop-in hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during these weekends: Aug. 13-14, Aug. 27-28; and Sept. 10-11. Mary Olson Farm, located at 28728 Green River Road in Auburn, is a King County Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Significant features include an 1897 barn, a fully restored 1902 farmhouse, a century-old orchard, three salmon runs in Olson Creek and a remarkable collection of outbuildings, including a smoke house, outhouse and weaving house. The farm will operate as a living history and environmental learning site, and will also be available for community and special events. Admission for the summer drop-in hours is $5 adults, $3 children/seniors and $15 for a household or family. For more information, visit www. wrvmuseum.org.

76th Running of the Longacres Mile: 2 p.m. first post, Aug. 21, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive, Auburn. The $250,000 Grade III Thoroughbred race is considered the industry’s Northwest jewel.

Project Mile post is 6 p.m. For more information, call 253-288-7000 or visit www. emeralddowns.com.

Auburn Wine and Music Festival: Aug. 27-28, Downtown Auburn. Arts and crafts, music, food, gardens, street expo, dancing, wine testing. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 27; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 28. Wine garden featuring eight wineries, car show, merchant street expo, arts & crafts and live music. Musicians and vendors wanted. Volunteers also needed for setup and cleanup.

Contact Jim Wilson at 253-887-8530 or Kathleen Keator at 253-939-3982. For those musicians interested in performing, contact John Rottle at 253-833-2750. For artists, please call Kelly at 253-347-0585.

Auburn International Farmers Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 25, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. More than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and concession stands that are restaurant-based but feature a home-cooked taste. The market also includes free performances, guest chef demonstrations with farm-fresh ingredients, children’s activities, and classes on health, nutrition, and gardening. Information: 253-266-2726, www.auburnfarmersmarket.org.

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St. SE. The event will feature artists of all media, who will be demonstrating, offering hands-on activities for all ages and selling artwork. This free one-day art extravaganza invites you to create and celebrate art in the park. The Festival is presented by the City of Auburn and produced by the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department. For information, visit www.auburnwa.gov/arts or call 253-931-3043. reporter file PHOTO.

Benefits Auburn Police Officers Association’s 12th annual Charity Golf Tournament: Aug. 20, Washington National, 14330 SE Husky Way. The four-player scramble is considered one of the region’s largest law enforcement tournaments. Entry fee is $100 per person and includes golf, cart, box lunch, dinner with non-alcoholic beverages. Sponsors can make a tax deductible donation of money or items for a silent auction. There will be individual contests, team awards, a silent auction and raffle. For more information on sponsoring or playing in the tournament contact APOA secretary Jamie Heslin at jheslin@auburnwa.gov.

“See Ya Later” Tour: 10:30 a.m., Sept.

12, Indian Summer Golf and Country Club, 5900 Troon Lane SE, Olympia. Noon shotgun start for four-man scramble, followed by silent auction at 4 p.m., dinner at 6, evening festivities and oral auction at 7. Proceeds benefit the “See Ya Later” Foundation. Join the tournament as a golfer, sponsor, inkind donor or inner guest. Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 1. Participation will be limited to the first 128 paid players. Basic player package, including lunch and din-

ner, is $150; or premium player package at $275. Register online at www.SeeYaLater. org or make checks payable to: “See Ya Later” Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 8, Auburn, WA 98071. For more information: www.

SeeYaLater.org, Brian.Williams@SeeYaLater. org, 253-332-5144.

Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 9 a.m.-noon, July 25, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, 2108 B St. NW, Suite 110, Auburn; 5-7 p.m., July 29, Federal Way Kiwanis Salmon Bake, Steel Lake Park, S. 312th St., Federal Way; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Aug. 6, Lakeland Hills Community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E., Auburn; 10 a.m.-noon, Aug. 8, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, 2108 B St. NW, Suite 110, Auburn; 1-4 p.m., Aug. 9, DeVry University, 3600 S. 344th Way, Federal Way; 9 a.m.-noon, Aug. 10, Parametrix-Auburn, 1002 15th St. SW, Suite 220; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Aug. 11, Costco Wholesale #828, 1802 M St. NW, Auburn; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 13-14, Auburn Good Ol’ Days, A Street Southeast; 1-3 p.m., Aug. 17, St. Francis Hospital, 34515 9th Ave. S., Federal Way; 10 a.m.-noon, Aug. 25; Canterbury House, 502

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Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 10 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., July 25, Auburn Regional Medical Center, conference rooms 1 and 2, third floor, Plaza I, 202 N. Division St.; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., July 26, Ibs Incorporated, 740 Clay St. NW, Auburn; noon-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Aug. 4, Boeing, 1744 Cafeteria, 700 15th St. SW (employees only); 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Aug. 5, bus on south side of the 10 Building, 700 15th St. SW (employees only); 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Aug. 8, Holy Family, parking lot outside social hall, 505 17th St. SE; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Aug. 25, Social Security, 1901 C St. SW, Auburn; 12:45-3:45 p.m., Aug. 5, GSA, 400 15th St. SW, Auburn; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Aug. 26, Auburn Regional Medical Center, mobile at 2nd Street entrance, Plaza I, 202 N. Division St.; 9:30-11:30 a.m., Aug. 30, Aero Controls, Inc., 1610 20th St. NW, Auburn; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Sept. 1, Auburn City Hall (council chamber), 25 W. Main St.; 1-4 p.m., Sept. 8, Propet, 2415 W. Valley Highway N., Auburn. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Healthy Cooking: Demonstrations: Outpatient Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services, Medical Gym, 701 M St., Suite 102, Auburn. Come learn health from the experts. A $5 food donation is requested.

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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training courses: Open to the pubic. Class sessions: • Aug. 23-25 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. all three days. The class is held in Downtown Auburn. • Thursdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3 and 10 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturdays, Oct. 22 and Nov. 12 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. • The third is restricted to high school students in the Auburn School District and will be offered on Monday PLC days beginning Oct. 3 and will continue through the school year. (View www.auburn.wednet.edu/PLC/PLC_Calendar.html) and will be held at Auburn High School, 800 4th St. NE. This is the second allhigh school course to be offered in Auburn.

Presented by the City of Auburn Emergency Management Office in conjunction with the White River Valley Citizen Corps Council and the Valley Regional Fire Authority. Class members will be required to provide some basic equipment, such as sturdy shoes or boots and work gloves. Other necessary supplies and equipment will be provided. A complete list of required equipment will be provided upon registration. Pre-registration is required for all courses and space is limited. For more information, or to register for any of these classes, please call 253-8761925 or email emergencyprep@auburnwa. gov. Applications also may be downloaded at www.auburnwa.gov/disaster.

Clubs Crazy Quilters of Federal Way: A large,South Sound quilt guild founded in 1988 that meets twice monthly – second and fourth Thursdays (except for November and December) – for fun, education, networking and charity projects. 6 p.m. social hour, 7-9 p.m. Emeritus Assisted Living, 31002 14th Ave. S., Federal Way. Guests are welcome to attend free of charge. Membership has annual fee. Contacts: jillzquilts@ hotmail.com, 253-833-8302, or quiltersfedway.com.

Libraries NOTE: The main Auburn Library has closed for a year long expansion. It reopened at its temporary location, the former Herr Cabinets building, at 1140 Auburn Way S. , behind Big Daddy’s Drive-in. For program information call 253-931-3018. Library events include: CHILDREN & FAMILIES Sleepy Story Times: 7 p.m., July 28. All ages welcome, ages 5 and younger with adult. Wear your pajamas and bring your teddy bear to this 30-minute bedtime Story Time.

TEENS Read Three, Get One Free Summer Edition & Read•Flip•Win: Read three books, write three thoughtful reviews and get a prize book … free. This summer also will feature a video book review contest, Read•Flip•Win. Ask at the library for details.

ADULTS Share your Love of Reading with Someone Who Cannot Visit the Library: Volunteer to select, deliver and return library materials to a shut-in patron at least once a month for one year. You must be age 18 or older and have reliable transportation. Training is provided and takes about an hour. For more information, contact Susan LaFantasie, 425-369-3235 or 877-905-2008.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): 6 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. A formal class to learn English grammar, reading, writing and conversation skills. ESOL classes for the month of June will meet at the Green River Community College Downtown Auburn Center, located at 110 2nd St. SW, Room 145.

Computer classes: Sign-up at the Information Desk or call 253-931-3018.

Algona-Pacific Library, 225 Ellingson Road, Pacific. 253-833-3554. Library events include: CHILDREN & FAMILIES Toddler Story Times: 10:15 a.m., Aug. 2, 9. Ages 2 to 3 with adult. Join us for stories, rhymes, music and fun.

Preschool Story Times: 11 a.m., Aug. 2, 9. Enjoy stories, activities and music while children develop pre-reading skills.

Baby Story Time: 10:15 a.m., Aug. 3, 10.

Newborn to 24 months with adult. Join us for a special one-on-one bonding time with bounces, rhymes, stories and play time. One baby per lap, please.

Pajama Story Time: 7 p.m., Aug. 1. Ages 3 and older with adult, siblings welcome. Fun stories, music and activities before bedtime.

You are welcome to attend in your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed friend.

KidsRead@4 Book Club: 4 p.m., Aug. 4.

Ages 9 to 12. Meet on the first Thursday of the month to talk about great books. Call the library for this month’s title. Copies of the book will be reserved and available for check out at the library.

Early Literacy Parties in Spanish: 10:30 a.m., July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26.

Spanish-speaking families with children ages newborn to 5. The “Fiestas” are workshops designed for Spanish-speaking families to prepare their children for kindergarten. In each of the ”Fiestas” we will provide families with information about early literacy, free books in Spanish, craft materials, snacks, beverages and the opportunity to socialize with other Spanish speaking families.

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